Alicia Wise, chief executive of the UK's Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) and also on secondment to the Publishers Association, explains why licences are particularly valuable now that so much content is digital
The internet is changing the ways that publishers negotiate rights with authors. Sian Harris reports from the London Book Fair
The UK's Newspaper Licensing Agency is using Flax enterprise search software in its new clippings service
Mark Bide, project director of ACAP, explains how publishers can make their rights and those of their authors clear to search engines and why he believes such efforts are required
For the information professional working in the medical world, demands are intense but cash is tight. Rebecca Pool talks to GE Healthcare's Tracey Evans about its Knowledge Centre
John Murphy finds out why start-up company Co-Action Publishing has chosen the open-access model
Sian Harris reports back from London Book Fair on the latest in JISC's e-Book Observatory project
Charlie Rapple reveals the challenges and opportunities of marketing in a recession and how a new web-based community could help
Esther Harris
Esther Harris explains why publishers need to rethink user experience and experiment relentlessly
Jake Smallridge
More focus needs to be placed on user experience in the field of research, writes Jake Smallridge
Katie Silvester
What to do if your research paper is too long for an article but not long enough for a monograph? Katie Silvester explains
David Myers
David Myers tells us about his new venture, the Data Licensing Alliance, and his adventures in wine-making
Scott Edmunds
Scott Edmunds highlights opportunities to improve the publishing process by improving transparency, accountability and speed
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More and more library publishers are sharing experiences to topple tradition, reports Rebecca Pool
Emma Warren-Jones
Many readers of scholarly literature today are underserved by traditional publishing formats, writes Emma Warren-Jones
Sharing platforms offer effective ways of connecting with researchers and create fertile ground for serendipity, writes Claire Webber
Tamir Borensztajn
Tamir Borensztajn assesses inequity in the research process and ensuring fair access to diverse information
Emily Choynowski
Emily Choynowski surveys the challenges facing academic publishers in the Middle East
Gaia Donati
Delving into physics digital archives provides surprising and inspiring food for thought, writes Gaia Donati
Fiona Hutton
Fiona Hutton, of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness
